On 25th September 2020, project partners met the EU Project Officer, Mr Radu DIACONESCU. Due to Covid-19, the meeting was on-line using MS Teams.

The meeting agenda and the key presentation are attached below. During the meeting, key issues such as WP implementation, secondment, events and financial aspects were discussed. In general, the progress of the project is satisfactory, although the delivery of project has been significantly affected by the Covid-19. The EU Officer also talked to a few secondees who have visited Xi’an Jiaotong University. A key action was to update the Year 1 report by including more details of the implementation of WPs including deviations. Possible extension of the project has also been discussed. However, the decision will depend on following evaluation of the situation related to Covid-19.